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French Seizes 5th Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker

The French Navy boarded and diverted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean off Sicily, officials announced on Thursday. In a social media post on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the French Navy intercepted tanker MT Deliver on Tuesday as it transited off

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The French Navy boarded and diverted a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Mediterranean off Sicily, officials announced on Thursday. In a social media post on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron stated that the French Navy intercepted tanker MT Deliver on Tuesday as it transited off the coast of Sicily in violation of maritime law The seizure on Tuesday marked France’s fifth seizure of a suspected shadow fleet tanker since September 2025. It’s the second seizure of a Russian shadow ship this month following the U.K.’s seizure of a shadow fleet tanker in the English Channel on Jun. 14.

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